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S. P. PANTON & A. P. HOLMES.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

No. 247,397. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

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7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL P. PANTON, OF MILTON, AND ALFRED F. HOLMES, OF NAPANEE,

- ONTARIO, CANADA.

ADDRESSING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,397, dated. September 20, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, SAMUEL PEARSON PANTON, of the town of Milton, in the county of Halton and Province of Ontario, Canada, and ALFRED FREDERICK HOLMES, of the town of Napanee, in the united counties of Lennox and Addington and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Addressing-lVIachines, (for which Letters Patent- N o.10,20l were granted in Canada-,July 9,1879,)which improvements are fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple machine for printing in a rapid manner the addresses of subscribers to newspapers, &c.; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, thefigure represents a perspective view of a mailing-machinein which ourimprovements are embodied.

In the drawing, A is a strong frame or stand, of suitable size and material, to which is secured the guide B for carrying the galley or form in which the type are set, and also the bracket 0, supporting the spindle D, as shown. E is an eccentric, keyed or otherwise secured to the end of the spindle F, which is caused to revolve by the crank flywheel G. H is a treadle, connected to the wheel G by the rod I. The eccentric E is provided with a suitable strap, J, having an arm or pawl, K, which is held by the spring M against the ratchet-rack L on the galley. The spindle D is connected to the eccentric E by the pitman N, pivoted at its lower end to the crank-pin e, and at its upper end to the spindle, so that the head or stamp D will be raised clear of the type B in the galley before the latter has any action imparted to it by the forward motion of the pawl K, and likewise, as the eccentric continues to revolve, the stamp D descends, and the pawl Application filed December 23, 1879. Patented in Canada July 9, 1879.

K is carried back to the next tooth, the said stamp coming in contact with the type when the galley holding it is stationary.

The operation of the machine will be understood by any mechanic from the foregoing description and accompanying drawing. It will therefore be merely necessary for us to state that the addresses or other matter to be printed are set up in any desired form in the galley. The type B, composing the addresses, are set in lines at equal distances apart to correspond with the teeth in the rack L, so that each time the form containing the type is moved forward one tooth a new address comes underneath the stamp D, and is thus imprinted upon anything placed between the said stamp and the ty pe'B.

' The drawing illustrates the machine as operated by a treadle but, of coarse, belt orother power can be used instead. It also shows the spindle D as having a vertical reciprocating motion, in which case the article to be printed is placed upon a horizontal table, 0; but the relative position of these parts can be altered without affecting the invention, as may also the mechanical details in its construction.

What I claim as my invention is- In a mailing-machine,the galley B, provided with a rack on its upper face, and the pawl K, attached directly to and operated by an eccentric, E, in combination with said eccentric, and the shaft F, Wrist-pin e, pitman N, spindle D, and platen D, mounted in a bracket, 0, on the upper surface of the table, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

S. P. PANTON. ALFRED F. HOLMES.

Witnesses to signature of S. P. Panton J. J. PANTON, I. D.MA'1HESON.

Witnesses to signature of A. F. Holmes:

WM. DOBIE, JNO. CRAWFORD. 

